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Recent advances in our understanding of the structure and function of more unusual cation channels. [PDF]

, 2019
As their name implies, cation channels allow the regulated flow of cations such as sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium across cellular and intracellular membranes.
Brown, Brandon M, Nguyen, Hai M, Wulff, Heike   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes, Guilherme M. Azevedo, Amanda P. Barcellos, Diana Bahia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scrapie-infected GT1-1 cells show impaired function of voltage-gated N-type calcium channels (Cav 2.2) which is ameliorated by quinacrine treatment

Neurobiology of Disease, 2004
Prions are transmissible pathogens that cause neurodegenerative diseases, although the mechanisms behind the nervous system dysfunctions are unclear.
Malin K Sandberg, Peter Wallén, Martin A Wikström, Krister Kristensson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Sea Anemone Lebrunia neglecta Venom Fraction Decreases Boar Sperm Cells Capacitation: Possible Involvement of HVA Calcium Channels

Toxins, 2022
Sea anemones produce venoms characterized by a complex mixture of low molecular weight compounds, proteins and peptides acting on voltage-gated ion channels. Mammal sperm cells, like neurons, are characterized by their ion channels. Calcium channels seem
Fernando Lazcano-Pérez, Karina Bermeo, Héctor Castro, Zayil Salazar Campos, Isabel Arenas, Ariana Zavala-Moreno, Sheila Narayán Chávez-Villela, Irma Jiménez, Roberto Arreguín-Espinosa, Reyna Fierro, Humberto González-Márquez, David E. Garcia, Judith Sánchez-Rodríguez   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural insights into lacto‐N‐biose I recognition by a family 32 carbohydrate‐binding module from Bifidobacterium bifidum

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang, Naoki Sunagawa, Toma Kashima, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Akimasa Miyanaga, Shinya Fushinobu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulatory Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Significance of IP3 Receptors and Ryanodine Receptors in Drug Dependence

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2013
Calcium is a ubiquitous intracellular signaling molecule required for initiating and regulating neuronal functions. Ca2+ release from intracellular stores in the endoplasmic reticulum into intracellular spaces via intracellular Ca2+–releasing channels ...
Koji Mizuno, Kazuhiro Kurokawa, Seitaro Ohkuma   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular bases of circadian magnesium rhythms across eukaryotes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Circadian rhythms in intracellular [Mg2+] exist across eukaryotic kingdoms. Central roles for Mg2+ in metabolism suggest that Mg2+ rhythms could regulate daily cellular energy and metabolism. In this Perspective paper, we propose that ancestral prokaryotic transport proteins could be responsible for mediating Mg2+ rhythms and posit a feedback model ...
Helen K. Feord, Gerben van Ooijen
wiley   +1 more source

Iron Administration Affects Cardiac Calcium Channel Expression in Mice: The Role of Cardiac Calcium Channel Expression in The Heart of Iron Overload Mice Model

Indonesian Biomedical Journal, 2020
BACKGROUND: Iron-overload cardiomyopathy (IOC) is a major comorbidity in patients with chronic repetitive blood transfusion due to myocardial iron uptake that facilitated by calcium channels.
Mas Rizky Anggun Adipurna Syamsunarno, Alif Bagus Rakhimullah, Uni Gamayani, Masahiko Kurabayasi, Tatsuya Iso, Ratu Safitri, Ramdan Panigoro   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discrete stochastic modeling of calcium channel dynamics

, 1999
We propose a simple discrete stochastic model for calcium dynamics in living cells. Specifically, the calcium concentration distribution is assumed to give rise to a set of probabilities for the opening/closing of channels which release calcium thereby ...
Baer, Markus, Falcke, Martin, Levine, Herbert, Tsimring, Lev S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Substrate specificity of Burkholderia pseudomallei multidrug transporters is influenced by the hydrophilic patch in the substrate‐binding pocket

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Multidrug transporters BpeB and BpeF from the Gram‐negative pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei have a hydrophilic patch in their substrate‐binding pocket. Drug susceptibility tests and growth curve analyses using an Escherichia coli recombinant expression system revealed that the hydrophilic patches of BpeB and BpeF are involved in the substrate ...
Ui Okada, Satoshi Murakami
wiley   +1 more source